Monthly Archives : April 2019

Mayor Sam Liccardo and Vice Mayor Chappie Jones are trying to mitigate the intense backlash that came from their decision to appoint Pierluigi Oliverio, yet another white person from Willow Glen, to the Planning Commission. With the appointment of Oliverio, currently four out of the seven Commissioners are from affluent District 6. Liccardo and Jones have been feeling the heat…

The San Jose City Council had the opportunity to dramatically improve how local democracy represents the people of San Jose. Moving San Jose’s mayoral election to take place in the same years as the nation’s presidential elections could dramatically increase voter turnout, increase representation of marginalized groups, and improve the strength of the city’s democracy. But yesterday, a majority of the…

County of Santa Clara Update on Stanford Univ. General Use Permit application negotiations At the October 16, 2018 (Item No. 9) Board meeting, the Board of Supervisors considered proceeding with a process to negotiate a possible development agreement with Stanford University relative to its General Use Permit (GUP) application. At the same October 16, 2018 (Item No. 9) Board meeting,…

By: Ramona Giwargis When Ada Márquez stepped down from San Jose’s most powerful city commission last year, community leaders were hopeful that lawmakers would appoint another person of color from East Side to fill her spot. But that’s not what happened. Click here to read the full story on San Jose Spotlight. Tweet

Santa Clara County Wasserman referral to update policy allowing notification to ICE for serious or violent felonies Sup. Wasserman recommends approval of a board referral to update the County’s current policy to reflect the current law on detainer requests, to reaffirm that the County has and will honor all judicial warrants, and to allow notification to ICE of those individuals…